Friday, August 8, 2008

Woman falsely cries rape to provide alibi for cheating on her boyfriend

Here is another case where a woman falsely cried rape to cover up an illicit sexual relationship from someone -- in this case, her boyfriend. This is probably the most frequent motivation for rape lies.

Lies of this type that don't identify specific men often are not intended to hurt innocent men; however, such lies are inherently dangerous because sometimes they mushroom out of control, and eventually an innocent man or boy may be targeted as a suspect and even charged and convicted -- sometimes destroying his life beyond repair.

It is for this reason that even lies that don't specifically name individual men or boys need to be punished. If a recantation occurs quickly before a male is targeted as a person of interest, the punishment should not be severe. After all, prompt recantations are to be encouraged at all costs.